NC BL 06/00/2006 Table: Kansas City, MO-KS, Bulletin 3130-68, October 2005 Table 1-1. Summary: Mean hourly earnings(1) and weekly hours by selected characteristics, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Hourly earnings Worker and establishment characteristics Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) Mean error(2) 3) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) Total................................................................. $20.09 3.1 37.1 $19.73 3.9 37.2 $21.35 1.6 36.8 Worker characteristics:(4) White-collar occupations(5)......................................... 22.19 4.3 37.2 21.84 5.6 37.5 23.34 2.0 36.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.34 2.1 37.2 30.65 2.8 38.1 27.14 2.8 35.8 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.40 8.2 39.9 27.33 9.7 40.7 27.71 10.9 36.5 Sales............................................................. 15.12 19.3 31.3 15.13 19.4 31.2 – – – Administrative support............................................ 14.93 6.1 38.3 15.25 7.3 38.8 13.48 2.1 36.2 Blue-collar occupations(5).......................................... 17.97 7.2 38.1 18.07 7.8 38.0 16.84 6.0 38.7 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 9.3 40.1 21.57 10.8 40.1 19.30 6.8 40.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors....................................................... 18.66 16.4 37.9 18.66 16.4 37.9 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.37 15.2 39.4 15.49 18.0 40.0 14.57 2.0 36.0 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers..................................................... 14.87 17.5 35.1 14.92 18.8 34.8 14.26 10.8 40.0 Service occupations(5).............................................. 13.45 2.4 35.7 11.28 3.4 34.1 17.04 3.0 38.8 Full time........................................................... 20.97 3.6 40.0 20.76 4.5 40.2 21.70 1.7 39.5 Part time........................................................... 10.66 7.1 21.1 9.79 6.7 21.9 15.70 2.5 17.4 Union............................................................... 22.93 3.0 39.3 23.65 4.0 39.3 22.09 4.6 39.2 Nonunion............................................................ 19.59 3.6 36.8 19.28 4.3 37.0 21.02 3.8 35.8 Time................................................................ 20.03 3.3 36.9 19.63 4.3 36.9 21.35 1.6 36.8 Incentive........................................................... 20.97 6.3 42.5 20.97 6.3 42.5 – – – Establishment characteristics: Goods producing..................................................... (6) (6) (6) - - - (6) (6) (6) Service producing................................................... (6) (6) (6) 18.67 4.7 36.3 (6) (6) (6) 50-99 workers(7).................................................... 17.03 5.3 36.6 17.03 5.3 36.6 – – – 100-499 workers..................................................... 18.99 8.1 36.4 18.62 9.1 36.3 22.39 4.6 37.1 500 workers or more................................................. 22.16 3.3 37.9 22.83 5.3 38.8 21.17 2.4 36.8 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 3 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. 4 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. Wages of time workers are based solely on hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 5 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 6 Classification of establishments into goods-producing and service-producing industries applies to private industry only. 7 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 2-1. Mean hourly earnings,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.09 3.1 $19.73 3.9 $21.35 1.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.49 3.0 20.22 3.9 21.36 1.6 White collar........................................................ 22.19 4.3 21.84 5.6 23.34 2.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.11 4.0 23.02 5.4 23.36 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.34 2.1 30.65 2.8 27.14 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.82 2.5 32.56 3.6 28.08 3.2 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.19 2.2 39.74 2.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.71 9.2 32.71 9.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.15 7.1 38.53 5.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.14 6.3 28.37 6.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.87 5.5 29.18 5.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.70 2.7 32.14 3.9 26.65 5.3 Registered nurses........................................... 25.52 2.5 25.56 2.7 25.44 5.6 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.18 7.2 28.05 5.1 38.21 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 37.20 10.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.52 3.5 26.32 21.2 30.09 1.3 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.28 2.1 – – 31.16 2.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.90 2.0 – – 31.43 2.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.56 3.3 – – 27.99 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 29.76 8.2 – – 32.24 8.2 Librarians.................................................. 29.76 8.2 – – 32.24 8.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.71 7.7 – – 17.53 8.1 Social workers.............................................. 16.13 7.5 – – 16.83 8.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.91 9.7 28.09 9.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 32.39 10.5 32.39 10.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.25 7.7 20.68 10.2 19.15 3.7 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.40 8.6 21.91 10.7 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.09 2.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.15 2.3 17.16 2.5 12.95 8.3 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.42 7.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.40 8.2 27.33 9.7 27.71 10.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.57 9.0 32.17 11.9 33.62 8.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.14 7.2 – – 41.14 7.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.40 13.9 34.41 14.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.58 10.0 24.43 10.6 16.79 9.5 Other financial officers.................................... 26.77 16.0 26.77 16.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.51 8.3 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.12 19.3 15.13 19.4 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ $13.79 28.1 $13.79 28.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.16 4.6 9.12 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.93 6.1 15.25 7.3 $13.48 2.1 Secretaries................................................. 17.98 5.0 19.02 6.2 14.73 5.4 Order clerks................................................ 13.93 10.4 13.93 10.4 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.10 1.4 – – 9.10 1.4 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.29 9.3 – – 13.42 16.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.65 5.7 13.74 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.97 5.3 14.99 7.6 12.60 7.0 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.41 2.2 – – 11.41 2.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.38 3.4 15.52 2.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.97 7.2 18.07 7.8 16.84 6.0 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 9.3 21.57 10.8 19.30 6.8 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.81 8.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.75 8.1 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.98 7.8 31.81 2.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.66 16.4 18.66 16.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.85 18.3 19.85 18.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.37 15.2 15.49 18.0 14.57 2.0 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.23 13.9 18.23 13.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.87 17.5 14.92 18.8 14.26 10.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.06 13.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.18 4.6 8.18 4.6 – – Service............................................................. 13.45 2.4 11.28 3.4 17.04 3.0 Protective service............................................ 18.40 8.3 – – 20.66 5.4 Firefighting................................................ 19.21 6.7 – – 19.21 6.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.44 2.8 – – 22.44 2.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.97 15.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.96 3.8 8.88 4.2 9.41 4.3 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders.......................... – – – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.15 2.7 10.34 2.8 9.41 4.3 Cooks....................................................... 10.54 2.9 10.65 3.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.17 4.7 10.20 4.9 – – Health service................................................ 11.55 4.3 11.68 5.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.30 4.0 11.41 5.1 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16.11 12.5 – – 13.90 2.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.15 3.3 11.64 13.0 12.23 3.0 Personal service.............................................. 11.06 5.5 11.03 6.4 11.44 7.3 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.65 9.2 8.65 9.2 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... $9.07 8.3 – – $11.92 9.5 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-2. Mean hourly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.97 3.6 $20.76 4.5 $21.70 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.12 3.7 20.94 4.8 21.71 1.7 White collar........................................................ 22.88 4.2 22.64 5.5 23.65 2.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.28 4.1 23.15 5.5 23.67 2.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.61 2.2 30.84 2.9 27.49 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.10 2.6 32.79 3.7 28.39 3.7 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.19 2.2 39.74 2.1 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.71 9.2 32.71 9.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.15 7.1 38.53 5.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.14 6.3 28.37 6.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.87 5.5 29.18 5.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.26 3.2 33.06 4.2 25.61 6.8 Registered nurses........................................... 25.35 3.2 25.29 3.3 25.53 8.3 Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.25 7.3 27.84 4.3 38.21 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 37.20 10.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.11 4.0 26.32 21.2 30.82 2.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.28 2.1 – – 31.16 2.3 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.90 2.0 – – 31.43 2.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 29.40 4.2 – – 28.84 3.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.68 7.8 – – 17.53 8.1 Social workers.............................................. 16.09 7.6 – – 16.83 8.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.95 9.7 28.13 9.6 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 32.39 10.5 32.39 10.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.36 8.0 20.75 10.3 19.25 4.6 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.46 8.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.01 2.7 17.14 2.5 – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.66 7.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.46 8.3 27.39 9.8 27.79 10.9 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.61 9.0 32.17 11.9 33.78 8.4 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.14 7.2 – – 41.14 7.2 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.40 13.9 34.41 14.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.62 10.0 24.48 10.7 16.79 9.5 Other financial officers.................................... 26.77 16.0 26.77 16.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.61 8.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.41 17.5 18.43 17.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.08 6.2 15.38 7.4 13.66 2.5 Secretaries................................................. $18.13 5.1 $19.02 6.2 $15.02 5.7 Order clerks................................................ 13.85 10.1 13.85 10.1 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.40 9.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.65 5.7 13.74 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.04 5.4 14.99 7.6 12.66 7.5 Teachers' aides............................................. 11.29 1.1 – – 11.29 1.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.44 3.1 15.52 2.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.68 7.4 18.84 8.2 16.94 6.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 9.3 21.57 10.8 19.30 6.8 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.81 8.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.75 8.1 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.98 7.8 31.81 2.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19.16 17.4 19.16 17.4 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.85 18.3 19.85 18.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.39 15.5 15.49 18.0 14.64 1.9 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.23 13.9 18.23 13.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16.73 14.0 16.98 14.7 14.26 10.8 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.06 13.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.72 7.4 12.51 11.5 17.59 3.6 Protective service............................................ 20.54 5.8 – – 20.87 5.9 Firefighting................................................ 19.21 6.7 – – 19.21 6.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.44 2.8 – – 22.44 2.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.90 4.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.71 7.0 9.72 8.4 9.69 5.1 Other food service........................................... 10.72 3.1 11.00 3.2 9.69 5.1 Cooks....................................................... 10.90 5.9 11.03 6.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.56 4.3 11.69 5.3 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.31 4.1 11.41 5.2 – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16.11 12.5 – – 13.90 2.3 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.15 3.3 11.64 13.0 12.23 3.0 Personal service.............................................. 11.67 3.7 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 2-3. Mean hourly earnings,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation(3) Relative Relative Relative Mean error(4) Mean error(4) Mean error(4) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.66 7.1 $9.79 6.7 $15.70 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 11.50 9.2 10.39 9.5 15.70 2.5 White collar........................................................ 12.76 8.3 11.38 9.5 18.32 5.8 White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.15 4.7 18.00 7.3 18.32 5.8 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.57 5.2 25.26 3.5 22.09 8.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.58 5.3 26.25 1.3 23.00 10.1 Health related................................................ 27.79 2.5 26.35 1.7 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.14 .8 26.57 1.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.93 11.8 – – 14.93 11.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.32 9.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.64 9.1 8.64 9.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.99 2.7 7.99 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.49 5.5 10.14 8.2 11.06 4.2 Blue collar......................................................... 9.07 10.4 8.92 10.0 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.76 11.9 8.76 11.9 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.39 4.9 7.39 4.9 – – Service............................................................. 8.01 1.9 7.84 2.9 9.14 5.4 Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.07 3.3 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.27 4.3 9.36 4.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.50 10.6 – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-1. Mean weekly earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Weekly earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean weekly weekly weekly Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $839 3.3 40.0 $834 4.2 40.2 $858 2.0 39.5 All excluding sales............................................... 845 3.5 40.0 841 4.5 40.2 858 2.0 39.5 White collar........................................................ 910 4.2 39.8 907 5.5 40.0 919 2.1 38.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 925 4.0 39.7 927 5.4 40.1 920 2.1 38.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 1,169 2.1 39.5 1,231 2.7 39.9 1,065 3.3 38.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 1,226 2.6 39.4 1,309 3.5 39.9 1,096 3.9 38.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 1,568 2.2 40.0 1,590 2.1 40.0 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 1,308 9.2 40.0 1,308 9.2 40.0 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 1,486 7.1 40.0 1,541 5.6 40.0 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 1,125 6.3 40.0 1,135 6.7 40.0 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 1,155 5.5 40.0 1,167 5.7 40.0 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 1,242 3.0 39.7 1,316 3.3 39.8 1,011 6.6 39.5 Registered nurses........................................... 976 3.1 38.5 966 3.0 38.2 1,008 9.1 39.5 Teachers, college and university.............................. 1,409 7.7 40.0 1,160 5.4 41.7 1,503 8.6 39.3 Medical science teachers.................................... 1,474 10.8 39.6 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 1,149 4.0 38.2 1,043 20.7 39.6 1,168 2.8 37.9 Elementary school teachers.................................. 1,206 2.7 38.6 – – – 1,200 3.1 38.5 Secondary school teachers................................... 1,219 2.8 38.2 – – – 1,195 3.2 38.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 1,091 4.2 37.1 – – – 1,066 3.8 36.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 663 7.6 39.7 – – – 695 8.0 39.7 Social workers.............................................. 639 7.3 39.7 – – – 667 8.2 39.6 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 1,118 9.7 40.0 1,125 9.6 40.0 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 1,296 10.5 40.0 1,296 10.5 40.0 – – – Technical....................................................... 811 8.0 39.9 825 10.4 39.7 773 4.3 40.2 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 927 8.7 39.5 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 626 3.4 39.1 672 3.7 39.2 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 684 8.4 41.0 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 1,115 8.5 40.6 1,117 10.1 40.8 1,105 11.0 39.7 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 1,348 9.2 41.3 1,351 12.4 42.0 1,338 8.3 39.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 1,646 7.2 40.0 – – – 1,646 7.2 40.0 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 1,473 21.0 42.8 1,480 22.6 43.0 – – – Management related............................................ 946 9.8 40.1 981 10.4 40.1 672 9.5 40.0 Other financial officers.................................... 1,063 15.8 39.7 1,063 15.8 39.7 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 864 8.6 40.0 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $734 17.7 39.9 $735 17.7 39.9 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 599 6.2 39.7 614 7.3 39.9 $529 3.1 38.7 Secretaries................................................. 719 5.0 39.6 756 6.0 39.7 591 6.2 39.3 Order clerks................................................ 554 10.1 40.0 554 10.1 40.0 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 535 9.4 39.9 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 545 5.6 39.9 548 6.1 39.9 – – – General office clerks....................................... 556 5.1 39.6 593 7.0 39.5 503 7.4 39.7 Teachers' aides............................................. 393 1.6 34.8 – – – 393 1.6 34.8 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 614 3.7 39.7 617 3.5 39.7 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 757 8.3 40.5 765 9.1 40.6 670 6.3 39.5 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 853 9.4 40.1 865 10.9 40.1 772 6.8 40.0 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 992 8.0 40.0 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 870 8.1 40.0 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 1,199 7.8 40.0 1,272 2.5 40.0 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 762 17.3 39.8 762 17.3 39.8 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 794 18.3 40.0 794 18.3 40.0 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 612 15.3 39.8 620 18.0 40.0 561 3.3 38.3 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 729 13.9 40.0 729 13.9 40.0 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 722 20.3 43.1 738 21.4 43.5 571 10.8 40.0 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 442 13.5 40.0 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 596 7.8 40.5 496 11.4 39.7 732 5.3 41.6 Protective service............................................ 892 8.7 43.4 – – – 909 9.0 43.6 Firefighting................................................ 993 7.4 51.7 – – – 993 7.4 51.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 898 2.8 40.0 – – – 898 2.8 40.0 Guards and police, except public service.................... 516 4.7 40.0 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 381 7.1 39.2 389 8.4 40.0 349 6.1 36.0 Other food service........................................... 419 4.1 39.1 440 3.2 40.0 349 6.1 36.0 Cooks....................................................... 430 6.1 39.5 441 6.7 40.0 – – – Health service................................................ 444 5.1 38.4 448 6.2 38.3 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 432 4.9 38.2 435 6.2 38.1 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 644 12.5 40.0 – – – 556 2.3 40.0 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 486 3.3 40.0 466 13.0 40.0 489 3.0 40.0 Personal service.............................................. 466 3.9 39.9 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time weekly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean weekly hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a week, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 3-2. Mean annual earnings,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Annual earnings Annual earnings Annual earnings Occupation(3) Mean Mean Mean annual annual annual Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Relative hours(- Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) Mean error(4) 5) (percen- (percen- (percen- t) t) t) All................................................................... $42,265 3.3 2,015 $43,213 4.2 2,081 $39,441 2.0 1,817 All excluding sales............................................... 42,492 3.5 2,012 43,588 4.5 2,082 39,454 2.0 1,817 White collar........................................................ 45,354 4.2 1,982 46,912 5.5 2,072 41,124 2.1 1,739 White collar excluding sales.................................... 45,967 4.0 1,974 47,953 5.4 2,071 41,144 2.1 1,738 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 55,671 2.1 1,880 63,016 2.7 2,043 45,416 3.3 1,652 Professional specialty.......................................... 57,610 2.6 1,852 66,856 3.5 2,039 45,855 3.9 1,615 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 81,513 2.2 2,080 82,667 2.1 2,080 – – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 68,036 9.2 2,080 68,036 9.2 2,080 – – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 77,277 7.1 2,080 80,136 5.6 2,080 – – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 58,526 6.3 2,080 59,009 6.7 2,080 – – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 60,052 5.5 2,080 60,701 5.7 2,080 – – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – – – – Health related................................................ 63,193 3.0 2,022 68,420 3.3 2,070 48,227 6.6 1,883 Registered nurses........................................... 49,703 3.1 1,961 50,240 3.0 1,987 48,191 9.1 1,888 Teachers, college and university.............................. 68,698 7.7 1,949 58,125 5.4 2,088 72,539 8.6 1,898 Medical science teachers.................................... 75,967 10.8 2,042 – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 44,025 4.0 1,462 42,973 20.7 1,633 44,201 2.8 1,434 Elementary school teachers.................................. 44,917 2.7 1,436 – – – 44,956 3.1 1,443 Secondary school teachers................................... 45,023 2.8 1,411 – – – 44,501 3.2 1,416 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 41,776 4.2 1,421 – – – 40,205 3.8 1,394 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 33,506 7.6 2,009 – – – 34,848 8.0 1,987 Social workers.............................................. 32,246 7.3 2,004 – – – 33,300 8.2 1,978 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 58,141 9.7 2,080 58,503 9.6 2,080 – – – Editors and reporters....................................... 67,380 10.5 2,080 67,380 10.5 2,080 – – – Technical....................................................... 42,192 8.0 2,072 42,883 10.4 2,067 40,202 4.3 2,089 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 48,201 8.7 2,054 – – – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 32,530 3.4 2,032 34,927 3.7 2,038 – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 35,551 8.4 2,134 – – – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 57,415 8.5 2,091 58,081 10.1 2,121 54,642 11.0 1,966 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 68,510 9.2 2,101 70,265 12.4 2,184 64,492 8.3 1,909 Administrators, education and related fields................ 79,245 7.2 1,926 – – – 79,245 7.2 1,926 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 76,612 21.0 2,227 76,986 22.6 2,237 – – – Management related............................................ 49,212 9.8 2,083 51,019 10.4 2,084 34,923 9.5 2,080 Other financial officers.................................... 55,290 15.8 2,065 55,290 15.8 2,065 – – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 44,950 8.6 2,080 – – – – – – Sales............................................................. $38,171 17.7 2,074 $38,228 17.7 2,074 – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 30,664 6.2 2,033 31,916 7.3 2,075 $25,354 3.1 1,856 Secretaries................................................. 36,926 5.0 2,037 39,296 6.0 2,066 29,186 6.2 1,943 Order clerks................................................ 28,809 10.1 2,080 28,809 10.1 2,080 – – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 27,816 9.4 2,076 – – – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 28,336 5.6 2,075 28,516 6.1 2,075 – – – General office clerks....................................... 28,906 5.1 2,059 30,823 7.0 2,056 26,140 7.4 2,065 Teachers' aides............................................. 15,371 1.6 1,361 – – – 15,371 1.6 1,361 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 31,910 3.7 2,066 32,060 3.5 2,066 – – – Blue collar......................................................... 39,296 8.3 2,104 39,799 9.1 2,112 34,123 6.3 2,015 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 44,354 9.4 2,084 44,975 10.9 2,085 40,140 6.8 2,080 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 51,597 8.0 2,080 – – – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 45,246 8.1 2,080 – – – – – – Electricians................................................ 62,368 7.8 2,080 66,165 2.5 2,080 – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 39,635 17.3 2,068 39,635 17.3 2,068 – – – Assemblers.................................................. 41,279 18.3 2,080 41,279 18.3 2,080 – – – Transportation and material moving................................ 31,542 15.3 2,050 32,222 18.0 2,080 27,120 3.3 1,853 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 37,923 13.9 2,080 37,923 13.9 2,080 – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 37,521 20.3 2,243 38,399 21.4 2,261 29,671 10.8 2,080 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 23,004 13.5 2,080 – – – – – – Service............................................................. 30,088 7.8 2,044 25,812 11.4 2,064 35,530 5.3 2,019 Protective service............................................ 43,669 8.7 2,126 – – – 44,418 9.0 2,128 Firefighting................................................ 51,652 7.4 2,689 – – – 51,652 7.4 2,689 Police and detectives, public service....................... 46,685 2.8 2,080 – – – 46,685 2.8 2,080 Guards and police, except public service.................... 25,956 4.7 2,013 – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 18,416 7.1 1,896 20,206 8.4 2,079 13,146 6.1 1,356 Other food service........................................... 20,033 4.1 1,869 22,875 3.2 2,080 13,146 6.1 1,356 Cooks....................................................... 22,097 6.1 2,027 22,943 6.7 2,080 – – – Health service................................................ 23,090 5.1 1,998 23,294 6.2 1,992 – – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 22,485 4.9 1,989 22,605 6.2 1,981 – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 33,443 12.5 2,076 – – – 28,798 2.3 2,072 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 25,191 3.3 2,073 24,210 13.0 2,080 25,340 3.0 2,071 Personal service.............................................. 24,021 3.9 2,058 – – – – – – 1 Earnings are the straight-time annual wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. 5 Mean annual hours are the hours an employee is scheduled to work in a year, exclusive of overtime. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-1. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) all workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.09 3.1 $19.73 3.9 $21.35 1.6 All excluding sales............................................... 20.49 3.0 20.22 3.9 21.36 1.6 White collar........................................................ 22.19 4.3 21.84 5.6 23.34 2.0 1....................................................... 8.51 9.9 8.46 10.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.46 4.7 11.59 4.7 10.36 3.6 3....................................................... 10.92 5.1 10.77 6.1 11.61 2.5 4....................................................... 14.54 2.4 15.01 2.5 12.62 2.6 5....................................................... 16.62 4.4 16.99 4.9 13.98 2.4 6....................................................... 17.80 4.8 18.43 6.4 15.67 6.3 7....................................................... 20.80 5.1 19.59 3.5 24.09 10.2 8....................................................... 25.78 2.9 25.22 5.2 26.55 2.3 9....................................................... 27.39 2.7 27.09 3.9 27.97 2.9 10........................................................ 31.44 6.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.51 5.6 39.57 5.8 30.96 14.8 12........................................................ 42.28 .8 42.28 .8 – – 13........................................................ 47.57 11.0 53.11 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 27.78 23.2 25.65 30.6 33.79 12.9 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.11 4.0 23.02 5.4 23.36 2.0 2....................................................... 11.75 3.2 – – 10.36 3.6 3....................................................... 11.40 5.6 11.34 7.2 11.60 2.6 4....................................................... 14.51 2.5 14.99 2.6 12.62 2.6 5....................................................... 15.58 2.1 15.89 2.2 13.98 2.4 6....................................................... 17.68 4.7 18.29 6.2 15.67 6.3 7....................................................... 21.02 5.3 19.58 3.9 24.09 10.2 8....................................................... 25.78 2.9 25.22 5.2 26.55 2.3 9....................................................... 27.70 2.7 27.56 3.8 27.97 2.9 10........................................................ 31.44 6.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.51 5.6 39.57 5.8 30.96 14.8 12........................................................ 42.28 .8 42.28 .8 – – 13........................................................ 47.57 11.0 53.11 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.69 9.5 32.00 12.6 33.79 12.9 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.34 2.1 30.65 2.8 27.14 2.8 Professional specialty.......................................... 30.82 2.5 32.56 3.6 28.08 3.2 7....................................................... 23.63 8.4 20.90 5.2 26.75 12.5 8....................................................... 26.06 3.7 24.03 8.7 27.36 2.2 9....................................................... 29.47 1.4 29.27 2.3 29.72 1.7 10........................................................ 29.48 9.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.71 6.7 41.38 6.6 30.96 14.8 12........................................................ 42.21 .9 42.21 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 30.79 13.6 31.83 17.1 28.85 22.5 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.19 2.2 39.74 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.82 3.4 32.80 3.4 – – 12........................................................ 43.93 .8 43.93 .8 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.71 9.2 32.71 9.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ $37.15 7.1 $38.53 5.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.14 6.3 28.37 6.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... 28.87 5.5 29.18 5.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 30.70 2.7 32.14 3.9 $26.65 5.3 7....................................................... 23.03 .6 23.15 .4 – – 8....................................................... 23.78 5.0 24.46 6.0 – – 9....................................................... 26.72 1.6 26.30 1.0 27.42 3.8 11........................................................ 34.89 9.6 34.81 11.9 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.52 2.5 25.56 2.7 25.44 5.6 7....................................................... 23.68 1.5 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.75 5.2 24.45 6.2 – – 9....................................................... 26.15 .7 26.42 .8 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.18 7.2 28.05 5.1 38.21 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 37.20 10.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 29.52 3.5 26.32 21.2 30.09 1.3 7....................................................... 25.59 13.7 – – 29.12 10.1 8....................................................... 30.15 1.6 – – 29.74 .9 9....................................................... 33.11 2.9 – – 33.22 3.1 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.28 2.1 – – 31.16 2.3 8....................................................... 29.08 3.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 33.79 1.9 – – 33.98 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.90 2.0 – – 31.43 2.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 28.56 3.3 – – 27.99 2.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... 29.76 8.2 – – 32.24 8.2 Librarians.................................................. 29.76 8.2 – – 32.24 8.2 Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.71 7.7 – – 17.53 8.1 Social workers.............................................. 16.13 7.5 – – 16.83 8.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.91 9.7 28.09 9.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.09 7.5 28.09 7.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 32.39 10.5 32.39 10.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.25 7.7 20.68 10.2 19.15 3.7 5....................................................... 14.76 7.0 14.36 9.5 15.65 4.4 6....................................................... 18.86 7.2 19.07 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.79 6.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.39 6.5 21.55 9.2 – – 9....................................................... 28.55 13.5 30.51 12.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.40 8.6 21.91 10.7 – – Radiological technicians.................................... 24.09 2.3 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.15 2.3 17.16 2.5 12.95 8.3 5....................................................... 16.14 2.7 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.42 7.9 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... $27.40 8.2 $27.33 9.7 $27.71 10.9 7....................................................... 18.69 4.5 19.12 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 24.09 7.6 24.53 8.9 22.38 13.8 11........................................................ 34.49 7.6 34.49 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.72 12.4 52.89 23.4 39.01 8.5 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... 32.57 9.0 32.17 11.9 33.62 8.4 9....................................................... 23.35 9.7 22.67 10.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.11 8.9 36.11 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.72 12.4 52.89 23.4 39.01 8.5 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.14 7.2 – – 41.14 7.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.27 8.5 – – 41.27 8.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.40 13.9 34.41 14.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.58 10.0 24.43 10.6 16.79 9.5 7....................................................... 18.59 4.5 18.92 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.07 11.4 27.19 10.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.77 16.0 26.77 16.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.51 8.3 – – – – Sales............................................................. 15.12 19.3 15.13 19.4 – – 1....................................................... 8.26 12.2 8.26 12.2 – – Sales workers, other commodities............................ 13.79 28.1 13.79 28.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 9.16 4.6 9.12 4.6 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 14.93 6.1 15.25 7.3 13.48 2.1 2....................................................... 11.75 3.2 – – 10.36 3.6 3....................................................... 11.43 5.8 11.37 7.6 11.60 2.6 4....................................................... 14.65 2.4 15.02 2.7 12.98 2.3 5....................................................... 15.47 2.3 15.86 2.3 13.54 3.0 6....................................................... 17.51 6.5 18.36 9.3 15.47 8.0 7....................................................... 18.73 6.3 18.58 7.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 17.98 5.0 19.02 6.2 14.73 5.4 Order clerks................................................ 13.93 10.4 13.93 10.4 – – 4....................................................... 14.02 12.0 14.02 12.0 – – Library clerks.............................................. 9.10 1.4 – – 9.10 1.4 Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.29 9.3 – – 13.42 16.2 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.65 5.7 13.74 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 13.97 5.3 14.99 7.6 12.60 7.0 4....................................................... 16.30 10.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.42 6.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.41 2.2 – – 11.41 2.2 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.38 3.4 15.52 2.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 17.97 7.2 18.07 7.8 16.84 6.0 1....................................................... 8.37 5.1 8.37 5.1 – – 2....................................................... 10.86 8.9 10.86 8.9 – – 3....................................................... $23.12 3.6 $23.89 5.2 $13.44 8.6 4....................................................... 17.21 15.1 17.47 16.8 – – 5....................................................... 15.27 11.2 15.15 12.9 16.08 .9 6....................................................... 19.81 9.3 21.08 11.6 16.92 1.4 7....................................................... 23.09 2.5 23.32 2.8 20.69 9.9 8....................................................... 28.00 3.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.73 3.1 34.73 3.1 – – 10........................................................ 33.80 3.4 33.80 3.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 9.3 21.57 10.8 19.30 6.8 6....................................................... 19.98 9.3 20.83 12.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.02 2.3 23.27 2.8 20.69 9.9 8....................................................... 28.31 2.5 – – – – 10........................................................ 33.80 3.4 33.80 3.4 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.81 8.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.75 8.1 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.98 7.8 31.81 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.61 14.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.66 16.4 18.66 16.4 – – 3....................................................... 26.41 2.5 26.41 2.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.85 18.3 19.85 18.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.37 15.2 15.49 18.0 14.57 2.0 3....................................................... 18.92 19.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 20.34 3.8 21.44 3.2 – – Truck drivers 4....................................................... 21.16 3.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.23 13.9 18.23 13.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.87 17.5 14.92 18.8 14.26 10.8 1....................................................... 8.41 7.7 8.41 7.7 – – 2....................................................... 12.28 9.5 12.28 9.5 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.06 13.5 – – – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 8.18 4.6 8.18 4.6 – – 1....................................................... 7.43 7.3 7.43 7.3 – – Service............................................................. 13.45 2.4 11.28 3.4 17.04 3.0 1....................................................... 8.23 14.0 6.86 14.3 10.63 7.0 2....................................................... 8.65 2.7 8.13 5.5 9.66 1.2 3....................................................... 10.15 5.2 9.56 6.2 11.86 3.6 4....................................................... 11.80 6.4 11.50 6.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.12 2.8 – – 14.93 3.3 7....................................................... 21.43 4.5 – – 20.45 5.7 9....................................................... 26.32 4.2 – – 26.32 4.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 14.83 20.6 – – – – Protective service............................................ $18.40 8.3 – – $20.66 5.4 3....................................................... 10.69 8.8 – – – – 5....................................................... 15.08 2.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.07 4.5 – – 19.07 4.5 9....................................................... 26.32 4.2 – – 26.32 4.2 Firefighting................................................ 19.21 6.7 – – 19.21 6.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.44 2.8 – – 22.44 2.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 9.97 15.4 – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.96 3.8 $8.88 4.2 9.41 4.3 1....................................................... 7.04 14.0 – – 8.75 6.4 2....................................................... 8.88 3.9 8.76 4.8 – – 3....................................................... 8.87 13.6 8.86 14.2 – – Other food service........................................... 10.15 2.7 10.34 2.8 9.41 4.3 1....................................................... 8.52 2.9 – – 8.75 6.4 2....................................................... 8.99 3.6 – – – – 3....................................................... 10.52 6.4 10.57 6.9 – – Cooks....................................................... 10.54 2.9 10.65 3.2 – – Kitchen workers, food preparation........................... 10.17 4.7 10.20 4.9 – – Health service................................................ 11.55 4.3 11.68 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.95 4.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.64 1.2 12.64 1.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.30 4.0 11.41 5.1 – – 3....................................................... 10.95 4.9 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16.11 12.5 – – 13.90 2.3 1....................................................... 12.04 12.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.99 6.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.17 2.8 – – 12.58 2.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.15 3.3 11.64 13.0 12.23 3.0 2....................................................... 10.99 6.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.25 2.7 – – 12.58 2.2 Personal service.............................................. 11.06 5.5 11.03 6.4 11.44 7.3 2....................................................... 6.97 12.2 – – – – Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities............ 8.65 9.2 8.65 9.2 – – Child care workers, n.e.c................................... 9.07 8.3 – – 11.92 9.5 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-2. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) full-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $20.97 3.6 $20.76 4.5 $21.70 1.7 All excluding sales............................................... 21.12 3.7 20.94 4.8 21.71 1.7 White collar........................................................ 22.88 4.2 22.64 5.5 23.65 2.0 2....................................................... 11.73 3.2 – – – – 3....................................................... 11.47 6.1 11.45 7.6 11.60 3.2 4....................................................... 14.57 2.4 15.00 2.6 12.76 2.2 5....................................................... 16.61 4.5 16.98 5.0 13.79 2.3 6....................................................... 17.77 4.9 18.43 6.4 15.42 6.9 7....................................................... 20.79 5.2 19.53 3.4 24.39 10.4 8....................................................... 25.86 2.9 25.32 5.3 26.56 2.3 9....................................................... 27.40 2.8 27.06 4.0 28.09 3.1 10........................................................ 31.44 6.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.55 5.6 39.62 5.8 30.96 14.8 12........................................................ 42.28 .8 42.28 .8 – – 13........................................................ 47.57 11.0 53.11 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 29.13 20.7 27.21 27.7 34.16 13.0 White collar excluding sales.................................... 23.28 4.1 23.15 5.5 23.67 2.0 3....................................................... 11.52 6.5 11.50 8.2 11.59 3.3 4....................................................... 14.58 2.4 15.01 2.6 12.76 2.2 5....................................................... 15.54 2.2 15.86 2.2 13.79 2.3 6....................................................... 17.66 4.7 18.29 6.2 15.42 6.9 7....................................................... 21.01 5.4 19.50 3.8 24.39 10.4 8....................................................... 25.85 2.9 25.31 5.3 26.56 2.3 9....................................................... 27.73 2.8 27.54 4.0 28.09 3.1 10........................................................ 31.44 6.3 – – – – 11........................................................ 38.55 5.6 39.62 5.8 30.96 14.8 12........................................................ 42.28 .8 42.28 .8 – – 13........................................................ 47.57 11.0 53.11 5.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 32.89 9.6 32.10 12.8 34.16 13.0 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.61 2.2 30.84 2.9 27.49 3.2 Professional specialty.......................................... 31.10 2.6 32.79 3.7 28.39 3.7 7....................................................... 23.69 8.5 20.72 5.0 27.15 12.1 8....................................................... 26.11 3.9 23.98 9.5 27.39 2.2 9....................................................... 29.65 1.5 29.36 2.4 30.02 2.0 10........................................................ 29.48 9.7 – – – – 11........................................................ 39.76 6.8 41.45 6.6 30.96 14.8 12........................................................ 42.21 .9 42.21 .9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 31.03 13.5 31.98 16.9 29.21 22.6 Engineers, architects, and surveyors.......................... 39.19 2.2 39.74 2.1 – – 9....................................................... 31.82 3.4 32.80 3.4 – – 12........................................................ 43.93 .8 43.93 .8 – – Electrical and electronic engineers......................... 32.71 9.2 32.71 9.2 – – Engineers, n.e.c............................................ 37.15 7.1 38.53 5.6 – – Mathematical and computer scientists.......................... 28.14 6.3 28.37 6.7 – – Computer systems analysts and scientists.................... $28.87 5.5 $29.18 5.7 – – Natural scientists............................................ – – – – – – Health related................................................ 31.26 3.2 33.06 4.2 $25.61 6.8 7....................................................... 22.71 .6 22.71 .6 – – 8....................................................... 23.60 6.2 – – – – 9....................................................... 26.55 2.2 25.83 .8 28.01 6.9 11........................................................ 35.02 10.3 34.98 12.8 – – Registered nurses........................................... 25.35 3.2 25.29 3.3 25.53 8.3 8....................................................... 23.56 6.4 – – – – 9....................................................... 25.72 1.0 25.92 1.1 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. 35.25 7.3 27.84 4.3 38.21 7.7 Medical science teachers.................................... 37.20 10.3 – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 30.11 4.0 26.32 21.2 30.82 2.2 7....................................................... 25.75 13.4 – – 29.42 8.8 8....................................................... 30.21 1.6 – – 29.80 .7 9....................................................... 33.19 2.9 – – 33.30 3.2 Elementary school teachers.................................. 31.28 2.1 – – 31.16 2.3 8....................................................... 29.08 3.3 – – – – 9....................................................... 33.79 1.9 – – 33.98 2.0 Secondary school teachers................................... 31.90 2.0 – – 31.43 2.0 Teachers, n.e.c............................................. 29.40 4.2 – – 28.84 3.9 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social scientists and urban planners.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... 16.68 7.8 – – 17.53 8.1 Social workers.............................................. 16.09 7.6 – – 16.83 8.4 Lawyers and judges............................................ – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... 27.95 9.7 28.13 9.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.09 7.5 28.09 7.5 – – Editors and reporters....................................... 32.39 10.5 32.39 10.5 – – Technical....................................................... 20.36 8.0 20.75 10.3 19.25 4.6 5....................................................... 14.40 7.6 14.19 9.9 – – 6....................................................... 18.88 7.4 19.07 7.5 – – 7....................................................... 20.94 7.4 – – – – 8....................................................... 21.24 6.7 21.32 9.6 – – 9....................................................... 28.55 13.5 30.51 12.9 – – Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians........... 23.46 8.8 – – – – Licensed practical nurses................................... 16.01 2.7 17.14 2.5 – – 5....................................................... 15.83 2.4 – – – – Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................. 16.66 7.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.46 8.3 27.39 9.8 27.79 10.9 7....................................................... 18.69 4.5 19.12 5.2 – – 9....................................................... 24.09 7.6 24.53 8.9 22.38 13.8 11........................................................ 34.49 7.6 34.49 7.6 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.94 12.3 52.89 23.4 39.33 8.6 Executives, administrators, and managers...................... $32.61 9.0 $32.17 11.9 $33.78 8.4 9....................................................... 23.35 9.7 22.67 10.1 – – 11........................................................ 36.11 8.9 36.11 8.9 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 44.94 12.3 52.89 23.4 39.33 8.6 Administrators, education and related fields................ 41.14 7.2 – – 41.14 7.2 Not able to be leveled.................................... 41.27 8.5 – – 41.27 8.5 Managers and administrators, n.e.c.......................... 34.40 13.9 34.41 14.8 – – Management related............................................ 23.62 10.0 24.48 10.7 16.79 9.5 7....................................................... 18.59 4.5 18.92 4.7 – – 9....................................................... 25.07 11.4 27.19 10.3 – – Other financial officers.................................... 26.77 16.0 26.77 16.0 – – Management related, n.e.c................................... 21.61 8.6 – – – – Sales............................................................. 18.41 17.5 18.43 17.6 – – 3....................................................... 10.52 5.1 – – – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.08 6.2 15.38 7.4 13.66 2.5 3....................................................... 11.55 6.7 11.54 8.6 11.59 3.3 4....................................................... 14.67 2.4 15.05 2.7 12.98 2.3 5....................................................... 15.44 2.2 15.82 2.2 13.54 3.0 6....................................................... 17.51 6.5 18.36 9.3 15.47 8.0 7....................................................... 18.73 6.3 18.58 7.0 – – Secretaries................................................. 18.13 5.1 19.02 6.2 15.02 5.7 Order clerks................................................ 13.85 10.1 13.85 10.1 – – 4....................................................... 14.02 12.0 14.02 12.0 – – Records clerks, n.e.c....................................... 13.40 9.5 – – – – Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks................. 13.65 5.7 13.74 6.2 – – General office clerks....................................... 14.04 5.4 14.99 7.6 12.66 7.5 4....................................................... 16.30 10.0 – – – – 5....................................................... 13.42 6.8 – – – – Teachers' aides............................................. 11.29 1.1 – – 11.29 1.1 Administrative support, n.e.c............................... 15.44 3.1 15.52 2.9 – – Blue collar......................................................... 18.68 7.4 18.84 8.2 16.94 6.1 1....................................................... 8.75 6.6 8.75 6.6 – – 2....................................................... 10.82 10.2 10.82 10.2 – – 3....................................................... 23.16 3.7 23.89 5.2 – – 4....................................................... 17.25 15.3 17.48 16.9 – – 5....................................................... 15.27 11.3 15.15 12.9 16.16 .9 6....................................................... 19.95 9.7 21.33 12.7 16.92 1.4 7....................................................... 23.09 2.5 23.32 2.8 20.69 9.9 8....................................................... 28.00 3.1 – – – – 9....................................................... 34.73 3.1 34.73 3.1 – – 10........................................................ 33.80 3.4 33.80 3.4 – – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 9.3 21.57 10.8 19.30 6.8 6....................................................... $19.98 9.3 $20.83 12.9 – – 7....................................................... 23.02 2.3 23.27 2.8 $20.69 9.9 8....................................................... 28.31 2.5 – – – – 10........................................................ 33.80 3.4 33.80 3.4 – – Supervisors, mechanics and repairers........................ 24.81 8.0 – – – – Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.............................. 21.75 8.1 – – – – Electricians................................................ 29.98 7.8 31.81 2.5 – – 7....................................................... 26.61 14.2 – – – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19.16 17.4 19.16 17.4 – – 3....................................................... 26.41 2.5 26.41 2.5 – – Assemblers.................................................. 19.85 18.3 19.85 18.3 – – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.39 15.5 15.49 18.0 14.64 1.9 3....................................................... 19.25 19.9 – – – – 4....................................................... 20.44 3.7 21.44 3.2 – – Truck drivers 4....................................................... 21.16 3.9 – – – – Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............ 18.23 13.9 18.23 13.9 – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16.73 14.0 16.98 14.7 14.26 10.8 1....................................................... 9.69 5.8 9.69 5.8 – – 2....................................................... 12.91 9.6 12.91 9.6 – – Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................... 11.06 13.5 – – – – Service............................................................. 14.72 7.4 12.51 11.5 17.59 3.6 1....................................................... 10.03 5.6 – – 10.72 7.0 2....................................................... 9.62 3.7 9.05 8.0 10.14 2.3 3....................................................... 10.27 5.9 9.61 7.3 12.03 2.8 4....................................................... 12.62 2.2 12.33 2.3 – – 5....................................................... 15.25 2.1 – – 15.09 2.5 7....................................................... 21.43 4.5 – – 20.45 5.7 9....................................................... 26.32 4.2 – – 26.32 4.2 Protective service............................................ 20.54 5.8 – – 20.87 5.9 5....................................................... 15.08 2.5 – – – – 7....................................................... 19.07 4.5 – – 19.07 4.5 9....................................................... 26.32 4.2 – – 26.32 4.2 Firefighting................................................ 19.21 6.7 – – 19.21 6.7 Police and detectives, public service....................... 22.44 2.8 – – 22.44 2.8 Guards and police, except public service.................... 12.90 4.7 – – – – Food service.................................................. 9.71 7.0 9.72 8.4 9.69 5.1 1....................................................... 8.64 3.7 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.86 18.2 8.86 18.2 – – 4....................................................... 11.40 4.8 – – – – Other food service........................................... 10.72 3.1 11.00 3.2 9.69 5.1 1....................................................... 8.63 4.1 – – – – 4....................................................... $11.40 4.8 – – – – Cooks....................................................... 10.90 5.9 $11.03 6.7 – – Health service................................................ 11.56 4.3 11.69 5.3 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 5.1 – – – – 4....................................................... 12.64 1.2 12.64 1.2 – – Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants..................... 11.31 4.1 11.41 5.2 – – 3....................................................... 10.94 5.1 – – – – Cleaning and building service................................. 16.11 12.5 – – $13.90 2.3 1....................................................... 12.04 12.6 – – – – 2....................................................... 10.99 6.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.17 2.8 – – 12.58 2.2 Janitors and cleaners....................................... 12.15 3.3 11.64 13.0 12.23 3.0 2....................................................... 10.99 6.0 – – – – 3....................................................... 12.25 2.7 – – 12.58 2.2 Personal service.............................................. 11.67 3.7 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 4-3. Selected occupations(1) and levels,(2) part-time workers:(3) Mean hourly earnings,(4) private industry and State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Total Private industry State and local government Occupation and level Relative Relative Relative Mean error(5) Mean error(5) Mean error(5) (percent) (percent) (percent) All................................................................... $10.66 7.1 $9.79 6.7 $15.70 2.5 All excluding sales............................................... 11.50 9.2 10.39 9.5 15.70 2.5 White collar........................................................ 12.76 8.3 11.38 9.5 18.32 5.8 1....................................................... 8.26 12.5 – – – – 3....................................................... 8.95 6.4 8.33 1.3 11.66 1.6 4....................................................... 13.88 11.3 – – – – 5....................................................... 16.92 5.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.37 8.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.66 3.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.07 2.9 27.95 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 9.01 13.3 – – – – White collar excluding sales.................................... 18.15 4.7 18.00 7.3 18.32 5.8 3....................................................... 10.29 8.7 – – 11.66 1.6 5....................................................... 16.92 5.1 – – – – 7....................................................... 21.37 8.6 – – – – 8....................................................... 23.66 3.8 – – – – 9....................................................... 27.07 2.9 27.95 4.3 – – Not able to be leveled.................................... 15.68 14.8 – – – – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 23.57 5.2 25.26 3.5 22.09 8.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 24.58 5.3 26.25 1.3 23.00 10.1 9....................................................... 27.07 2.9 27.95 4.3 – – Health related................................................ 27.79 2.5 26.35 1.7 – – 9....................................................... 27.16 2.5 27.90 3.6 – – Registered nurses........................................... 26.14 .8 26.57 1.1 – – 9....................................................... 27.12 2.7 27.90 3.6 – – Teachers, college and university.............................. – – – – – – Teachers, except college and university....................... 14.93 11.8 – – 14.93 11.8 Librarians, archivists, and curators.......................... – – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers..................... – – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c...................................................... – – – – – – Technical....................................................... 18.32 9.7 – – – – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... – – – – – – Executives, administrators, and managers...................... – – – – – – Management related............................................ – – – – – – Sales............................................................. 8.64 9.1 8.64 9.1 – – Cashiers.................................................... 7.99 2.7 7.99 2.7 – – Administrative support, including clerical........................ 10.49 5.5 10.14 8.2 11.06 4.2 3....................................................... 10.25 9.0 – – 11.66 1.6 Blue collar......................................................... 9.07 10.4 8.92 10.0 – – 1....................................................... $7.46 13.4 $7.46 13.5 – – 2....................................................... 11.05 10.5 11.05 10.5 – – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... – – – – – – Transportation and material moving................................ – – – – – – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 8.76 11.9 8.76 11.9 – – 1....................................................... 7.29 13.7 7.29 13.7 – – 2....................................................... 11.05 10.5 11.05 10.5 – – Stock handlers and baggers.................................. 7.39 4.9 7.39 4.9 – – Service............................................................. 8.01 1.9 7.84 2.9 $9.14 5.4 1....................................................... 6.44 15.1 – – – – 2....................................................... 7.59 6.7 7.54 8.2 – – 3....................................................... 9.26 5.6 9.25 6.7 – – Protective service............................................ – – – – – – Food service.................................................. 8.07 3.3 – – – – Other food service........................................... 9.27 4.3 9.36 4.9 – – Health service................................................ – – – – – – Personal service.............................................. 7.50 10.6 – – – – 1 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 2 Each occupation for which data are collected in an establishment is evaluated based on four factors, including knowledge, job controls and complexity, contacts, and physical environment. The knowledge factor is tailored to 24 families of closely related jobs. Points are assigned based on the occupation's rank within each factor. The points are summed to determine the overall level of the occupation. See appendix A for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 5-1. Selected worker characteristics: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Private industry and State and local government Occupational group Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Mean All occupations....................................................... $20.97 $10.66 $22.93 $19.59 $20.03 $20.97 All excluding sales............................................. 21.12 11.50 22.94 20.02 20.52 19.50 White collar........................................................ 22.88 12.76 24.82 21.96 22.25 21.21 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.28 18.15 24.86 22.94 23.20 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 29.61 23.57 30.74 29.15 29.34 – Professional specialty.......................................... 31.10 24.58 30.78 30.82 30.82 – Technical....................................................... 20.36 18.32 – 20.19 20.25 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.46 – – 27.75 27.28 – Sales............................................................. 18.41 8.64 – 15.06 10.04 22.30 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.08 10.49 16.74 14.78 15.04 – Blue collar......................................................... 18.68 9.07 23.28 15.00 17.72 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.28 – 24.26 19.22 21.28 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 19.16 – 25.45 12.83 18.66 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.39 – 21.99 11.82 15.30 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 16.73 8.76 16.68 14.45 11.79 – Service............................................................. 14.72 8.01 16.62 12.91 13.45 – B Full-time Part-time Nonunion- Incen- Occupational group workers(- workers(- Union(4) (4) Time(5) tive(5) 3) 3) Relative error(6) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.6 7.1 3.0 3.6 3.3 6.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.7 9.2 3.0 3.6 3.1 7.3 White collar........................................................ 4.2 8.3 4.8 4.7 4.4 9.4 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 4.1 4.7 4.8 4.5 4.0 – Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.2 5.2 3.5 2.3 2.1 – Professional specialty.......................................... 2.6 5.3 3.5 2.8 2.5 – Technical....................................................... 8.0 9.7 – 7.8 7.7 – Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 8.3 – – 8.6 8.4 – Sales............................................................. 17.5 9.1 – 19.6 8.4 7.8 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 6.2 5.5 4.4 6.6 6.2 – Blue collar......................................................... 7.4 10.4 3.8 10.6 7.5 – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 9.3 – 3.8 15.5 9.3 – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 17.4 – 4.7 17.1 16.4 – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.5 – 3.8 16.7 15.8 – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.0 11.9 7.6 23.3 10.3 – Service............................................................. 7.4 1.9 8.7 3.2 2.4 – 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 4 Union workers are those whose wages are determined through collective bargaining. 5 Time workers' wages are based solely on an hourly rate or salary; incentive workers are those whose wages are at least partially based on productivity payments such as piece rates, commissions, and production bonuses. 6 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-2. Major industry division: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) Occupational group All pri- vate indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.73 - – – - $18.67 $24.69 $15.40 - $18.73 All excluding sales............................................. 20.22 - – – - 19.18 24.67 15.66 - 18.87 White collar........................................................ 21.84 - – – - 21.21 27.34 17.62 - 23.79 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 - – – - 22.48 27.33 20.20 - 24.17 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.65 - – – - 28.79 29.75 – - 28.10 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.56 - – – - 30.67 31.24 – - 30.80 Technical....................................................... 20.68 - – – - 20.25 – – - 18.41 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.33 - – – - 27.13 – – - 30.48 Sales............................................................. 15.13 - – – - 14.84 – 14.94 - 10.66 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.25 - – – - 14.90 19.96 17.92 - 12.59 Blue collar......................................................... 18.07 - – $24.20 - 13.80 19.32 9.34 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.57 - – 30.04 - 17.72 23.75 – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.66 - – – - – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 15.49 - – – - 14.26 18.10 – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.92 - – – - 9.96 15.67 8.82 - – Service............................................................. 11.28 - – – - 11.24 – 7.17 - 11.51 B Goods-producing indust- Service-producing industries(4) ries(3) All pri- vate Occupational group indus- Trans- Wholesale Finance, tries Con- Manu- portation and insur- Serv- Total Mining struc- fac- Total and pub- retail ance, and ices tion turing lic trade real utilities estate Relative error(5) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 - – – - 4.7 6.6 13.5 - 4.5 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 - – – - 4.5 6.7 8.6 - 4.1 White collar........................................................ 5.6 - – – - 5.9 2.8 18.3 - 4.8 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 - – – - 5.4 2.9 13.1 - 4.3 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.8 - – – - 3.5 5.4 – - 5.0 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 - – – - 4.5 5.7 – - 7.4 Technical....................................................... 10.2 - – – - 11.6 – – - 5.0 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 - – – - 10.6 – – - 17.9 Sales............................................................. 19.4 - – – - 21.0 – 22.6 - .9 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.3 - – – - 9.4 4.2 15.1 - 7.1 Blue collar......................................................... 7.8 - – 8.0 - 13.1 12.5 3.5 - – Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.8 - – 4.7 - 20.5 9.9 – - – Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.4 - – – - – – – - – Transportation and material moving................................ 18.0 - – – - 18.9 8.7 – - – Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18.8 - – – - 8.6 3.8 7.7 - – Service............................................................. 3.4 - – – - 3.5 – 17.7 - 3.3 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Goods-producing industries include mining, construction, and manufacturing. 4 Service-producing industries include transportation and public utilities; wholesale and retail trade; finance, insurance, and real estate; and services. 5 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 5-3. Establishment employment size: Mean hourly earnings(1) by occupational group,(2) private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Mean All occupations....................................................... $19.73 $17.03 $20.61 $18.62 $22.83 All excluding sales............................................. 20.22 17.03 21.17 19.39 22.97 White collar........................................................ 21.84 18.78 22.73 21.72 23.66 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 23.02 19.37 23.94 24.01 23.89 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 30.65 27.09 30.98 29.02 32.43 Professional specialty.......................................... 32.56 28.64 32.77 30.89 34.13 Technical....................................................... 20.68 – 19.01 17.71 20.13 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 27.33 30.34 27.00 26.55 27.65 Sales............................................................. 15.13 17.04 13.96 13.27 17.71 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 15.25 16.54 14.61 14.88 14.47 Blue collar......................................................... 18.07 15.73 19.19 15.42 24.48 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 21.57 – 23.58 22.49 26.35 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 18.66 – 18.98 – 25.81 Transportation and material moving................................ 15.49 – 19.31 – 25.00 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 14.92 17.79 11.25 10.20 13.85 Service............................................................. 11.28 8.84 11.76 12.18 10.80 B Full-time and part-time workers 100 workers or more Occupational group All 50 - 99 private workers(- industry 3) 100 - 499 500 workers Total workers workers or more Relative error(4) (percent) All occupations....................................................... 3.9 5.3 4.4 9.1 5.3 All excluding sales............................................. 3.9 4.0 3.9 8.6 5.4 White collar........................................................ 5.6 16.3 5.5 10.4 7.3 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 5.4 15.5 4.8 7.9 7.5 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 2.8 17.6 2.7 9.4 4.3 Professional specialty.......................................... 3.6 11.6 3.7 10.0 4.5 Technical....................................................... 10.2 – 2.4 8.2 4.3 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 9.7 11.6 10.5 10.3 18.3 Sales............................................................. 19.4 28.7 21.4 24.3 9.2 Administrative support, including clerical........................ 7.3 15.6 5.7 7.3 7.6 Blue collar......................................................... 7.8 20.1 7.4 9.1 1.1 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 10.8 – 3.6 5.6 3.0 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 16.4 – 17.1 – 1.1 Transportation and material moving................................ 18.0 – 9.6 – 6.9 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 18.8 17.2 14.0 17.4 5.1 Service............................................................. 3.4 15.5 2.4 3.2 3.0 1 Earnings are the straight-time hourly wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, holidays, nonproduction bonuses, and tips. The mean is computed by totaling the pay of all workers and dividing by the number of workers, weighted by hours. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. 3 Establishments classified with 50-99 workers may contain establishments with fewer than 50 due to staff reductions between survey sampling and collection. 4 The relative standard error (RSE) is the standard error expressed as a percent of the estimate. It can be used to calculate a "confidence interval" around a sample estimate. For more information about RSEs, see appendix A. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria. Table 6-1. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $9.00 $11.75 $17.14 $25.82 $34.12 All excluding sales........................... 9.50 12.37 17.67 26.37 34.58 White collar.................................... 10.13 13.46 18.80 28.56 38.46 White collar excluding sales................ 10.98 14.42 19.96 28.85 39.59 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.03 20.56 26.88 35.66 45.24 Professional specialty...................... 17.52 22.07 28.54 37.63 45.81 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.52 35.50 40.99 46.44 46.71 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.28 28.46 31.00 40.99 40.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.73 26.44 41.25 42.45 47.26 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.43 22.30 27.60 33.17 37.07 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.72 23.07 29.06 33.54 38.46 Natural scientists........................ – – – – – Health related............................ 18.68 21.63 26.44 31.35 44.77 Registered nurses....................... 19.48 22.07 25.52 29.21 31.35 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.58 24.96 31.50 39.81 56.48 Medical science teachers................ 18.82 23.46 30.74 47.02 66.11 Teachers, except college and university... 18.85 23.61 28.63 36.25 40.45 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.64 25.82 29.80 37.63 41.83 Secondary school teachers............... 23.56 25.88 31.24 36.41 41.93 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.20 23.42 27.19 34.61 38.96 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 20.80 25.36 25.36 37.63 37.63 Librarians.............................. 20.80 25.36 25.36 37.63 37.63 Social scientists and urban planners...... – – – – – Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.69 14.06 15.95 18.18 23.90 Social workers.......................... 12.69 14.06 15.39 17.52 20.88 Lawyers and judges........................ – – – – – Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 17.63 21.70 28.85 43.75 Editors and reporters................... 17.79 19.95 23.56 39.66 56.73 Technical................................... 11.85 15.81 18.89 24.16 29.58 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.00 23.69 24.48 26.75 27.77 Radiological technicians................ 19.65 21.62 23.22 26.65 28.28 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.05 15.00 17.50 18.03 19.18 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.15 12.93 17.14 19.40 19.96 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 17.95 24.49 31.45 44.25 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.14 22.14 27.92 42.42 52.56 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.99 32.32 42.68 46.81 54.33 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.43 24.37 30.50 44.95 52.56 Management related........................ 15.63 17.31 21.74 30.27 33.65 Other financial officers................ 15.85 17.95 30.27 31.45 36.62 Management related, n.e.c............... 15.09 17.27 22.49 24.98 26.97 Sales......................................... 7.30 8.60 11.19 16.86 24.63 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.52 7.57 9.85 16.47 32.68 Cashiers................................ 7.00 7.90 8.80 10.14 11.70 Administrative support, including clerical.... $10.10 $11.18 $13.70 $16.35 $21.89 Secretaries............................. 13.69 14.75 18.38 20.98 22.46 Order clerks............................ 11.00 11.40 13.00 13.50 20.79 Library clerks.......................... 6.95 8.09 9.02 9.83 11.05 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 9.00 10.25 13.06 15.06 19.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.74 12.86 13.46 16.00 16.73 General office clerks................... 9.94 11.46 13.35 16.83 18.80 Teachers' aides......................... 9.56 10.41 11.44 12.36 13.05 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.45 15.39 16.00 16.00 16.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.10 10.00 17.00 23.75 28.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 15.46 20.94 26.31 32.76 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.18 20.12 25.00 27.48 35.03 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.93 18.73 23.75 23.75 25.49 Electricians............................ 21.09 30.30 32.13 33.73 33.73 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.84 20.23 26.92 28.29 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.84 26.58 28.29 28.29 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 8.00 14.50 16.85 26.36 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 14.70 14.75 14.95 19.25 26.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.10 9.00 15.12 21.25 21.25 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.00 8.68 9.46 13.08 16.72 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.25 8.32 9.50 11.05 Service......................................... 7.40 9.10 12.00 15.97 22.60 Protective service........................ 8.00 12.79 18.14 23.67 29.24 Firefighting............................ 14.01 17.95 19.35 20.41 26.22 Police and detectives, public service... 16.13 17.79 22.68 26.74 29.24 Guards and police, except public service 7.50 7.50 8.00 12.69 14.30 Food service.............................. 5.15 7.10 9.00 10.79 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... – – – – – Other food service....................... 7.65 8.94 9.66 11.50 13.20 Cooks................................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.75 13.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.02 8.50 9.20 11.33 14.91 Health service............................ 9.50 10.00 11.05 12.83 14.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.50 10.00 10.69 12.82 13.80 Cleaning and building service............. 9.82 10.47 14.49 22.60 22.60 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.46 10.07 10.86 13.31 15.93 Personal service.......................... 6.70 9.00 13.00 13.25 13.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.89 5.55 7.00 10.30 19.55 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 6.00 8.50 9.00 9.29 12.18 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. Table 6-2. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, private industry, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Private industry Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $8.75 $11.19 $16.59 $25.28 $33.49 All excluding sales........................... 9.00 11.93 17.31 26.36 33.73 White collar.................................... 9.84 13.24 17.95 27.92 37.96 White collar excluding sales................ 10.85 14.42 19.46 28.85 39.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.47 20.66 27.83 38.46 46.44 Professional specialty...................... 18.41 22.51 29.50 40.09 46.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 29.11 35.50 41.25 46.44 46.71 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.28 28.46 31.00 40.99 40.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 24.61 27.52 41.25 43.37 47.26 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.43 22.78 28.06 33.17 38.46 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.73 23.31 29.41 33.65 38.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.68 21.76 26.45 31.74 52.20 Registered nurses....................... 18.96 21.84 25.79 29.21 31.35 Teachers, college and university.......... 24.96 25.00 26.87 31.58 33.78 Teachers, except college and university... 16.03 17.01 23.09 34.36 38.50 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 17.79 22.28 28.85 43.75 Editors and reporters................... 17.79 19.95 23.56 39.66 56.73 Technical................................... 11.85 16.48 18.69 24.21 31.25 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.00 22.14 24.08 24.70 24.83 Licensed practical nurses............... 14.50 16.40 17.50 18.04 18.89 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 17.14 18.27 24.50 30.63 40.22 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.14 22.54 27.47 37.82 52.56 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.12 24.28 29.33 44.95 52.56 Management related........................ 16.64 17.95 22.49 30.27 33.71 Other financial officers................ 15.85 17.95 30.27 31.45 36.62 Sales......................................... 7.30 8.58 11.19 17.07 24.63 Sales workers, other commodities........ 6.52 7.57 9.85 16.47 32.68 Cashiers................................ 6.90 7.80 8.66 10.00 11.63 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.13 11.30 14.52 16.83 22.41 Secretaries............................. 14.00 16.88 19.71 21.82 22.46 Order clerks............................ 11.00 11.40 13.00 13.50 20.79 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.80 12.86 13.46 16.00 16.35 General office clerks................... 10.97 12.50 13.76 17.31 19.49 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.72 15.39 16.00 16.00 16.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.00 10.00 18.59 24.52 28.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... $10.00 $15.46 $21.41 $27.59 $32.93 Electricians............................ 30.30 30.73 32.13 33.73 33.73 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 9.84 20.23 26.92 28.29 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.84 26.58 28.29 28.29 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 8.00 14.50 19.25 26.40 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 14.70 14.75 14.95 19.25 26.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.00 8.90 15.44 21.25 21.25 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.50 6.25 8.32 9.50 11.05 Service......................................... 6.00 8.50 10.30 13.25 17.50 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 6.50 9.00 10.50 13.00 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.50 9.00 9.69 11.75 13.20 Cooks................................... 9.00 9.00 10.00 11.75 13.00 Kitchen workers, food preparation....... 8.02 8.50 9.50 11.67 14.91 Health service............................ 9.50 10.05 11.36 12.83 14.12 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.50 10.00 10.96 12.83 13.80 Cleaning and building service............. - - - - - Janitors and cleaners................... 9.00 9.40 10.36 11.18 11.68 Personal service.......................... 6.50 9.00 13.00 13.25 13.25 Attendants, amusement, and recreation facilities........................... 4.89 5.55 7.00 10.30 19.55 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-3. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) all workers:(2) Selected occupations, State and local government, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 State and local government Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.47 $13.22 $18.85 $26.74 $37.07 All excluding sales........................... 10.47 13.23 18.85 26.74 37.07 White collar.................................... 11.27 14.20 21.48 29.53 38.95 White collar excluding sales................ 11.27 14.23 21.50 29.55 38.96 Professional specialty and technical.......... 15.39 20.33 25.63 33.93 39.64 Professional specialty...................... 16.19 21.22 26.44 34.58 40.13 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... - - - - - Mathematical and computer scientists...... - - - - - Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.56 21.37 25.93 29.08 34.58 Registered nurses....................... 20.16 22.09 25.00 27.13 30.38 Teachers, college and university.......... 20.85 24.88 36.79 44.56 63.26 Teachers, except college and university... 20.39 24.51 29.24 36.59 41.04 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.39 25.34 29.68 37.63 41.83 Secondary school teachers............... 23.25 25.54 31.12 36.08 41.12 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 17.20 23.42 26.57 34.58 39.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... 19.94 25.67 37.63 37.63 37.74 Librarians.............................. 19.94 25.67 37.63 37.63 37.74 Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 14.06 14.56 16.25 20.39 23.90 Social workers.......................... 14.06 14.56 16.19 18.18 20.88 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 12.09 14.32 19.49 23.63 26.75 Licensed practical nurses............... 8.78 9.31 10.71 16.74 19.49 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 14.25 15.95 21.74 39.59 46.81 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 15.95 21.57 34.12 44.88 52.27 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.99 32.32 42.68 46.81 54.33 Management related........................ 14.23 14.43 15.23 20.15 21.74 Sales......................................... - - - - - Administrative support, including clerical.... 9.83 10.84 12.23 14.67 18.25 Secretaries............................. 11.00 12.68 14.61 16.16 17.75 Library clerks.......................... 6.95 8.09 9.02 9.83 11.05 Records clerks, n.e.c................... 10.84 11.35 12.92 15.17 19.23 General office clerks................... 9.46 10.17 11.82 14.17 18.25 Teachers' aides......................... 9.56 10.41 11.44 12.36 13.05 Blue collar..................................... 11.63 14.27 16.38 19.31 21.62 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 14.32 16.50 18.73 21.24 27.48 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ $11.17 $12.96 $14.93 $15.77 $16.63 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 9.99 11.63 14.68 16.65 17.88 Service......................................... 9.40 10.78 15.62 20.74 28.12 Protective service........................ 12.88 16.10 19.35 25.60 30.74 Firefighting............................ 14.01 17.95 19.35 20.41 26.22 Police and detectives, public service... 16.13 17.79 22.68 26.74 29.24 Food service.............................. 6.79 7.40 9.17 10.98 12.08 Other food service....................... 6.79 7.40 9.17 10.98 12.08 Health service............................ - - - - - Cleaning and building service............. $9.87 $10.22 $11.57 $15.62 $25.48 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.82 10.17 10.93 13.82 15.93 Personal service.......................... 8.79 9.30 10.36 13.11 15.42 Child care workers, n.e.c............... 8.79 9.55 11.95 14.18 15.42 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 All workers include full-time and part-time workers. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-4. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) full-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $10.00 $13.00 $18.32 $26.58 $35.23 All excluding sales........................... 10.00 13.05 18.56 26.74 35.50 White collar.................................... 10.82 14.20 19.49 28.85 39.27 White collar excluding sales................ 11.01 14.56 20.08 28.85 39.75 Professional specialty and technical.......... 16.19 20.66 27.00 36.71 45.24 Professional specialty...................... 17.55 22.09 28.72 38.02 46.44 Engineers, architects, and surveyors...... 27.52 35.50 40.99 46.44 46.71 Electrical and electronic engineers..... 25.28 28.46 31.00 40.99 40.99 Engineers, n.e.c........................ 23.73 26.44 41.25 42.45 47.26 Mathematical and computer scientists...... 20.43 22.30 27.60 33.17 37.07 Computer systems analysts and scientists 20.72 23.07 29.06 33.54 38.46 Natural scientists........................ - - - - - Health related............................ 18.56 21.39 26.29 31.74 48.11 Registered nurses....................... 18.96 21.43 25.22 29.21 31.50 Teachers, college and university.......... 21.58 24.96 31.25 40.18 57.69 Medical science teachers................ 18.82 23.46 30.74 47.02 66.11 Teachers, except college and university... 19.80 24.14 29.00 36.70 40.90 Elementary school teachers.............. 22.64 25.82 29.80 37.63 41.83 Secondary school teachers............... 23.56 25.88 31.24 36.41 41.93 Teachers, n.e.c......................... 18.85 23.95 28.17 35.48 39.21 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social scientists and urban planners...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. 12.69 14.06 15.95 18.18 23.90 Social workers.......................... 12.69 14.06 15.39 17.52 20.88 Lawyers and judges........................ - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... 14.42 17.79 21.74 28.85 43.75 Editors and reporters................... 17.79 19.95 23.56 39.66 56.73 Technical................................... 11.85 15.39 18.97 24.48 29.97 Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians.......................... 13.00 23.69 24.48 26.75 27.77 Licensed practical nurses............... 10.05 14.72 17.20 18.03 18.89 Health technologists and technicians, n.e.c................................ 11.15 13.98 17.58 19.40 19.96 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... 16.40 17.95 24.50 31.49 44.66 Executives, administrators, and managers.. 17.14 22.14 27.92 42.42 52.56 Administrators, education and related fields............................... 24.99 32.32 42.68 46.81 54.33 Managers and administrators, n.e.c...... 22.43 24.37 30.50 44.95 52.56 Management related........................ 15.50 17.31 21.74 30.27 33.71 Other financial officers................ 15.85 17.95 30.27 31.45 36.62 Management related, n.e.c............... 14.92 17.27 22.49 24.98 27.05 Sales......................................... 8.65 10.65 15.86 20.31 32.22 Administrative support, including clerical.... 10.13 11.30 13.98 16.73 22.06 Secretaries............................. 13.69 14.75 18.87 21.07 22.46 Order clerks............................ 11.00 11.40 13.00 13.50 20.79 Records clerks, n.e.c................... $9.00 $10.25 $13.06 $15.17 $19.45 Bookkeepers, accounting and auditing clerks............................... 10.74 12.86 13.46 16.00 16.73 General office clerks................... 9.94 11.57 13.46 16.83 18.80 Teachers' aides......................... 9.56 10.41 11.31 12.30 12.92 Administrative support, n.e.c........... 12.45 15.39 16.00 16.00 16.83 Blue collar..................................... 8.50 11.44 19.00 24.57 28.29 Precision production, craft, and repair....... 10.00 15.46 20.94 26.31 32.76 Supervisors, mechanics and repairers.... 17.18 20.12 25.00 27.48 35.03 Mechanics and repairers, n.e.c.......... 14.93 18.73 23.75 23.75 25.49 Electricians............................ 21.09 30.30 32.13 33.73 33.73 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. 8.00 10.40 21.49 26.92 28.29 Assemblers.............................. 8.00 9.84 26.58 28.29 28.29 Transportation and material moving............ 8.00 8.00 14.50 17.00 26.36 Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators............................ 14.70 14.75 14.95 19.25 26.40 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 8.90 11.05 20.28 21.25 21.25 Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm................................. 8.00 8.68 9.46 13.08 16.72 Service......................................... 8.96 10.17 13.09 18.44 22.75 Protective service........................ 12.88 15.52 19.19 25.45 30.74 Firefighting............................ 14.01 17.95 19.35 20.41 26.22 Police and detectives, public service... 16.13 17.79 22.68 26.74 29.24 Guards and police, except public service 10.44 11.93 13.08 14.30 15.45 Food service.............................. 4.00 8.26 9.66 11.68 14.51 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 8.02 9.00 10.13 12.00 14.91 Cooks................................... 9.00 9.50 10.20 12.00 15.63 Health service............................ 9.50 10.00 11.05 12.83 14.00 Nursing aides, orderlies and attendants. 9.50 10.00 10.69 12.81 13.80 Cleaning and building service............. 9.82 10.47 14.49 22.60 22.60 Janitors and cleaners................... 9.46 10.07 10.86 13.31 15.93 Personal service.......................... 8.50 9.29 13.00 13.25 13.25 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Table 6-5. Hourly wage percentiles for establishment jobs,(1) part-time workers:(2) Selected occupations, all industries, National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Occupation(3) 10 25 Median 75 90 50 All............................................... $6.00 $7.34 $9.00 $10.68 $19.49 All excluding sales........................... 5.25 7.50 9.00 11.87 22.62 White collar.................................... 6.78 7.80 9.25 16.15 25.31 White collar excluding sales................ 9.00 10.40 16.88 24.92 29.21 Professional specialty and technical.......... 11.71 18.00 23.71 27.81 30.00 Professional specialty...................... 11.33 21.00 24.92 28.73 30.53 Health related............................ 21.14 22.74 26.85 29.24 30.75 Registered nurses....................... 21.22 22.74 26.13 29.21 30.38 Teachers, college and university.......... - - - - - Teachers, except college and university... 10.00 10.67 11.87 21.00 24.92 Librarians, archivists, and curators...... - - - - - Social, recreation, and religious workers. - - - - - Writers, authors, entertainers, athletes, and professionals, n.e.c............... - - - - - Technical................................... 13.00 16.88 17.60 19.65 24.42 Executive, administrative, and managerial..... - - - - - Executives, administrators, and managers.. - - - - - Management related........................ - - - - - Sales......................................... 6.47 7.03 8.40 9.25 9.85 Cashiers................................ 6.50 7.30 8.00 8.50 9.50 Administrative support, including clerical.... 7.70 9.00 10.00 11.51 13.92 Blue collar..................................... 5.75 6.75 8.53 10.00 13.35 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors. - - - - - Transportation and material moving............ - - - - - Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers................................... 5.50 6.30 8.10 10.00 13.85 Stock handlers and baggers.............. 5.25 6.00 6.50 8.50 10.00 Service......................................... 5.15 6.00 8.00 9.10 11.00 Protective service........................ - - - - - Food service.............................. 5.15 5.15 8.50 10.00 11.75 Waiters, waitresses, and bartenders...... - - - - - Other food service....................... 7.01 8.50 9.00 10.00 11.75 Health service............................ - - - - - Personal service.......................... 6.00 6.00 7.00 8.40 10.00 1 Percentiles designate position in the earnings distribution and are calculated from individual-worker earnings and the hours they are scheduled to work. At the 50th percentile, the median, half of the hours are paid the same as or more than the rate shown, and half are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 25th percentile, one-fourth of the hours are paid the same as or less than the rate shown. At the 75th percentile, one-fourth are paid the same as or more than the rate shown. The 10th and 90th percentiles follow the same logic. Hourly wages are the straight-time wages or salaries paid to employees. They include incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay. Excluded are premium pay for overtime, vacations, and holidays; nonproduction bonuses; and tips. 2 Employees are classified as working either a full-time or a part-time schedule based on the definition used by each establishment. Therefore, a worker with a 35-hour-per-week schedule might be considered a full-time employee in one establishment, but classified as part-time in another firm, where a 40-hour week is the minimum full-time schedule. 3 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria, and n.e.c. means "not elsewhere classified." Overall occupational groups may include data for categories not shown separately. Appendix table 1. Number of workers(1) represented by the survey, by occupational group,(2) National Compensation Survey, Kansas City, MO-KS, October 2005 Full-time and part-time workers Occupational group Private State and Total industry local government All occupations....................................................... 377,700 285,600 92,100 All excluding sales............................................. 345,300 253,200 92,100 White collar........................................................ 246,000 180,200 65,800 White-collar excluding sales.................................... 213,500 147,800 65,700 Professional specialty and technical.............................. 97,300 55,400 41,900 Professional specialty.......................................... 85,000 46,800 38,200 Technical....................................................... 12,300 8,600 3,700 Executive, administrative, and managerial......................... 31,800 25,300 6,500 Sales............................................................. 32,500 32,400 - Administrative support, including clerical........................ 84,400 67,100 17,300 Blue collar......................................................... 77,500 71,100 6,400 Precision production, craft, and repair........................... 23,000 20,100 3,000 Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..................... 20,500 20,500 - Transportation and material moving................................ 13,300 - 2,100 Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers............... 20,600 19,300 1,300 Service............................................................. 54,300 34,300 20,000 1 The number of workers represented by the survey are rounded to the nearest 100. Estimates of the number of workers provide a description of size and composition of the labor force included in the survey. Estimates are not intended, however, for comparison to other statistical series to measure employment trends or levels. Both full-time and part-time workers were included in the survey. 2 A classification system including about 480 individual occupations is used to cover all workers in the civilian economy. See appendix B for more information. NOTE: Dashes indicate that no data were reported or that data did not meet publication criteria.